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License Portal Guide

License Portal Guide

To generate a license, user needs to go to the license web site and authenticate on this server.

 

If user cannot log in to the License page, user should log in to Pica8 portal: https://www.pica8.com/single-sign-on/.
Click "Change Password" to activate an account and access the License page.

 

 

 

To generate a new license, click on "New Switch License".

 

 

User should select the "Speed type" for the switch. The switch's speed type is indicated by the type of the output of the "license -s" command.

 


  1. Select "Feature type" and type the hardware id displayed by "license -s".
  2. Provide a name to associate the license and the switch for future maintenance.
  3. Click the "Add" button to generate the license
  4. Click "+" to show the entire license.

 

 

Click the "Download" button to download the license onto PC.

 

 

Last steps:

  1. ssh to the switch and change directory to /etc/picos.
  2. Copy the license to /etc/picos.
  3. Issue the following command: # license -i license.txt
  4. Reboot the switch to make license effective.

 

 

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